A LOOK AT OKLAHOMA• Oklahoma is 191-63 (.752) all-time in Big 12 Conference games.• Amber Flores leads OU with a .404 batting average. Flores is OU’s career home run leader (52) and five shy of tying the Big 12 career mark.• She also leads the team in slugging percentage (.771) and on-base percentage (.560). She has drawn 23 walks and been hit by a pitch 17 times.• Keilani Ricketts is the reigning Big 12 Pitcher of the Week. Ricketts struck out 15 on Saturday at Texas A&M.• Ricketts’ 209 strikeouts this season are the eighth-most in a single season by an OU pitcher. She needs 12 more to move into seventh.• Both Ricketts and Flores are top 25 finalists for USA Softball’s Collegiate Player of the Year.• Brianna Turang leads the team with 18 stolen bases on the season.• Lindsey Vandever is five walks shy of a single season best set in 2009.• Jessica Shults holds the Oklahoma freshman record for home runs in a season (12).• Wendy Trott has started the last two games at designated player. Trott is hitting .333 in conference games.

A LOOK AT TEXAS TECH• Ashly Jacobs (11-4) carries Tech with a 1.07 earned run average and 104.1 innings pitched this season.• Emily Bledsoe (.389) and Mikey Kenney (.358) are the team’s offensive leaders.• Kenney has 12 home runs on the season with a .736 slugging percentage and .447 on-base percentage.• Head coach Shanon Hays is in his first season at the helm of the Texas Tech program.• Tech’s assistant coaches are Aly Sartini, who played at Arkansas, and former Arizona All-American Kristie Fox.

A LOOK INTO THE SERIES HISTORY• Oklahoma leads the all-time series with Texas Tech 32-4 and holds a 15-2 advantage on games in Norman.• OU enters Thursday’s contest with an eight-game winning streak against the Red Raiders. The Sooners’ last loss was in 2006.• The Sooners are 28-4 all-time against TTU under head coach Patty Gasso.

BROADCAST INFORMATION• Thursday’s first game is an internet only broadcast. KREF 1400 AM will join the game in progress at 6 p.m. CT.• Thursday’s second game will air on KREF 1400 AM with Brian Brinkley calling the action.• The second game also airs on Cox Channel 3 in the Oklahoma City and Tulsa areas with Kenny Mossman and Norrelle Dickson with the call.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE• The Sooner softball program honors all OU faculty and staff Thursday night. The first 250 fans through the gates receive an OU softball koozie.• Oklahoma hosts 14th-ranked Texas this weekend. Game times Saturday and Sunday are 2 p.m. CT. Sunday’s game airs nationally on ESPN.• Justin Kutcher and Olympic gold medalist Jessica Mendoza call the game for ESPN.• The first 1,000 fans Saturday receive a commemorative ticket marking the 10-year anniversary of the 2000 National Championship.• Members from the 2000 National Championship will be available for autographs following Saturday’s contest.• On Sunday, 1,000 National Championship patches are available.

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